Miriam Bailey-Parkyns
Civil and Commercial MediatorAbout Miriam
Miriam Bailey-Parkyns practises in corporate, commercial and civil law, in contentious and non-contentious matters.
She was called to the Bar by the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn in 2011 and admitted to the Roll in 2017. She was accredited as a civil and commercial mediator in 2015 and is a Registered Fellow Member of the Civil Mediation Council.
Miriam Bailey-Parkyns accepts a limited number of direct instructions from individuals and businesses.
Practice Areas
Legal Advice
Non-contentious
- Advice on civil, corporate and commercial matters
Contentious
- Advice on civil, corporate and commercial disputes
- Advice on evidence, damages and remedies
Civil
Litigious
- Defamation claims, including libel and slander, for claimants and defendants
- Malicious falsehood claims
- Copyright and database disputes
- Trade mark and brand disputes
- Design right disputes
Non-litigious
- Pre-action advice in intellectual property matters
- Advice on threats of intellectual property infringement proceedings
Commercial
Non-contentious
- Manufacturing agreements
- Distribution agreements
- Standard terms and conditions of supply and purchase
- Agency and introducers agreements
- Collaboration agreements
- Licensing agreements
- Intellectual property agreements
- Sponsorship and endorsement agreements
Contentious
- Manufacturing agreement disputes
- Distribution disputes
- Sale and supply of goods and services disputes
- Agency and introducer disputes
- Contractual joint venture and collaboration disputes
- Licensing disputes
- Intellectual property agreement disputes
- Sponsorship and endorsement disputes
Corporate
Non-contentious
- Directors’ duties
- Share sales
- Business sales
- Drafting of articles of association and shareholder agreements
- Partnership agreements, including retirement, dissolution and profit share
Contentious
- Director and boardroom disputes
- Claims for breach of directors’ duties
- Minority shareholder and unfair-prejudice petitions
- Derivative claims
- Disputes concerning articles of association and shareholder agreements
- Share, class-rights and share-transfer disputes
- Private-company acquisition and share-sale disputes
- Corporate joint venture and deadlock disputes
- Partnership and limited liability partnership disputes
Document Drafting
Non-contentious
- Contracts
- Correspondence
Contentious
- Statements of case
- Applications
- Orders, including consent orders
- Correspondence
Dispute Resolution
- Negotiation of contractual disputes
- Mediation of civil and commercial matters
- Litigation — Civil, Commercial & Corporate
News & Insights
Supreme Court holds that a director must act, not merely think, in good faith
July 2026 — The Supreme Court considers a director’s duty of good faith and an unfair-prejudice share buy-out.
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Memorandum of Understanding Held to Be a Binding Contract Despite Absence of Formal Consortium Agreement
The High Court holds a binding waste-management contract formed despite an unexecuted consortium agreement.
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Misleading Headline and Photographs Held to Be Unfair Processing of Personal Data
July 2026 — The Court of Appeal distinguishes defamatory meaning from fairness of personal-data processing.
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Investor’s Invalid Use of a Contractual Default Procedure Held Unfairly Prejudicial to the Majority Shareholder
A majority shareholder succeeds under section 994 after an investor’s defective use of contractual default rights.
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Mediation Ordered over the Defendant’s Objection at the Pre-Trial Review
The High Court applies Churchill and the revised Civil Procedure Rules to order mediation shortly before trial.
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Amazon.com Held to Have Targeted Consumers in the United Kingdom
The Supreme Court clarifies when an overseas retail website targets UK consumers for trade mark purposes.
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